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appanage

noun

1 appanage

Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life:
— For thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use.

synonym: apanage.

Roget 780: property, possession, suum cuique [Lat.], meum et tuum [Lat.].    ownership, proprietorship, lordship; seignority; empire etc. (dominion) 737.    interest, stake, ... show more

Roget 784: giving etc. v.; bestowal, bestowment, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, ... show more

2 appanage

A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family:
— Bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families.

synonym: apanage.

Polish: apanaże


Moby thesaurus: accession, accessories, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, annex, annexation, appanages, appendage, appendages, appendant, appointments ... show more.

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